:James Lytle
{{Short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = James Lytle
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|2|22}}
| birth_place = Union County, North Carolina, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|7|17|1901|2|22}}
| death_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1920s
| player_team2 = Shaw
| player_sport3 = Basketball
| player_years4 = 1920s
| player_team4 = Shaw
| player_sport5 = Baseball
| player_years6 = 1920s
| player_team6 = Shaw
| player_positions = End (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1927
| coach_team2 = Morris Brown
| coach_years3 = 1928–1929
| coach_team3 = Shaw
| coach_years4 = 1930–1931
| coach_team4 = Arkansas AM&N
| coach_years5 = 1934–1945
| coach_team5 = Shaw
| coach_sport6 = Basketball
| coach_years7 = 1928–1930
| coach_team7 = Shaw
| coach_sport8 = Baseball
| coach_years9 = 1929–1930
| coach_team9 = Shaw
| coach_years10 = ?–1978
| coach_team10 = Shaw
| admin_years1 = 1957–1978
| admin_team1 = Shaw
| overall_record =
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James E. Lytle Jr. (February 22, 1901 – July 17, 1987){{cite web |title=North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCD-V7V |website=FamilySearch |accessdate=July 29, 2018}} was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta in 1927, Shaw University from 1928 to 1929 and again from 1934 to 1954, and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—from 1930 to 1931.{{Cite web
|last=DeLassus
|first=David
|title=Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaching Records
|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse
|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/arkansas_pine_bluff/coaching_records.php
|accessdate=December 15, 2013
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216051507/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southwestern/arkansas_pine_bluff/coaching_records.php
|archivedate=December 16, 2013
}} Lytle was also the athletic director at Shaw from 1957 to 1978.
Lytle graduated from Shaw in 1921 and later earned a Master of Arts degree in physical education from Columbia University.{{cite news |author= |title=Lytle Named Coach At Shaw University |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65613090/the-news-and-observer/ |newspaper=The News & Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=May 28, 1934 |page=9 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
In 1975, Lytle was the first person inducted into the Shaw University Athletic Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shawbears.com/information/History_and_Traditions/Hall_of_Fame |title=Shaw Hall of Fame Inductees |publisher=Shaw University |accessdate=May 6, 2022}} In 1993, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncshof.org/jameslytle|title = James Lytle}} Lytle died on July 17, 1987, following an illness.{{cite news |author= |title=Shaw's longtime athletic director James Lytle dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65612924/the-news-and-observer/ |newspaper=The News & Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=July 18, 1987 |page=31 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Morris Brown Wolverines
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1927
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1927
| name = Morris Brown
| overall = 2–3–2
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Morris Brown
| overall = 2–3–2
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Shaw Bears
| conf = Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1928
| endyear = 1929
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = Shaw
| overall = 1–6–1
| conference = 1–3–1
| confstanding = 7th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Shaw
| overall = 1–4–1
| conference = 0–4–1
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Arkansas AM&N Lions
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1930
| endyear = 1931
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Arkansas AM&N
| overall = 7–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Arkansas AM&N
| overall = 4–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Arkansas AM&N
| overall = 11–4
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Shaw Bears
| conf = Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1934
| endyear = 1945
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = Shaw
| overall = 1–6–1
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 11th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Shaw
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Shaw
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Shaw
| overall =
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 12th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Shaw
| overall = 6–1–2
| conference = 4–1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Shaw
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 10th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = Shaw
| overall = 2–5–2
| conference = 2–4–2
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = Shaw
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 4–3–1
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = Shaw
| overall = 0–1
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding = NA
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1943
| name = No team—World War II
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1944
| name = No team—World War II
| overall =
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1945
| name = Shaw
| overall = 0–7
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 13th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Shaw
| overall =
| confrecord = 22–44–7
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall =
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
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